Career
He was on the "list of most wanted fugitives in Italy" of the ministry of the Interior since 1993, wanted for murder, membership to the Mafia and other crimes, until his arrest on October 26, 2011. In 2005, an international alert had been issued for his arrest and extradition. He is a fugitive since December 1993 when he managed to escape from Operation Orsa Maggiore, a major police action against the Mafia in Catania.
His group supplied 50 kg cannabis a month to dealers in neighbourhoods of Catania around the Palazzo di cemento in the Librino quarter.
Giovanni Arena was arrested on October 26, 2011, in Catania.
